Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night, 1988. In a darkened Madison Square Garden, a murmur of anticipation ripples through the standing-room-only crowd. On the floor below, the guest of honor stands, head bent, a bit overwhelmed and maybe a bit embarrassed by the spectacle. "Ladies and gentlemen," booms a voice as the spotlight rakes the now cheering audience, "No. 23, Miiichaaael Jooordaaan!" As one, the 19,591 men, women and children rise to pay thunderous tribute...
Here we go again. Exploiting white America's ignorance of historic racial oppression, Hollywood casts a spotlight on the rich but neglected story of the black struggle for equal rights. As has happened with every popular work on the subject, from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Roots, Mississippi Burning evokes a gasp of horrified discovery from many whites who act as if they are learning about the viciousness of slavery and segregation for the very first time. Unfortunately, the film does little to deepen the knowledge of its audience. Though its producers say the movie is fictional, they so artfully...
LOOKING back, maybe I should have taken the free Harvard shop t-shirt and run. Harvard beat Andy Warhol's prediction by 349 years and 45 minutes, but its moment in the spotlight seems to be over. Our most famous professor (John Rawls) gets confused with a bad singer (Lou). The ghost of Bill Buckner still haunts Fenway Park. America's president is a Yalie and, even more disappointing, we lost The Game this year...
...normally shuns publicity, but if gangsters cannot stay out of the spotlight, it seems they have a fallback position: they want a piece of the profitable action that others may generate from their crimes. The FBI has learned that East Coast racketeers are demanding a cut of the earnings from a proposed film about the life of Meyer Lansky, the Mafia's legendary financial genius who died...
...Kennedy has largely dispelled those doubts with a productive first term in Washington. He has been an effective representative, willing to stay out of the spotlight and work hard for his district. His Banking Reinvestment Act has been a major legislative success for income redistribution. He has saved Section 8 Housing in the district with legislation. And his other activities have made him a major advocate in the House for the interests of the elderly. All in all, his achievements are certainly above-average for a freshman member of Congress, and far better than many people expected...